"The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is……" — Kumi Naidoo
"The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is bigger than all the other struggles, whether it is slavery, democracy struggles, the woman's right to vote, and so on I would argue that if what is at stake is securing life as we know it, then there can be no bigger struggle that we face."
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13 Quotes by Kumi Naidoo
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This week we saw progressive business and faith leaders making strong commitments that are moving ahead of what world leaders…
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Investing one cent more in oil, coal and gas is investing in the death of society, and the in the…
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My final advice for young people is to not wait for leadership from adult politicians. Step forward today, because our…
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Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that.…
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There is no definition of terrorism and there is still the reality that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom…
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The Social License is fundamentally about accountability to people and not just powerful interests. John Morrison’s book reminds all organizations –…
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You know how they say, 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?' What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in…
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The city of Copenhagen is a climate crime scene tonight, with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport…
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Struggles only move forward when decent men and women step forward and say, 'enough is enough and no more.'
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With an agenda dominated by global security and U.N. reform, it appears that the decisions needed to lift millions of…
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If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and…
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A movement only becomes a movement of substance, size, and power when the artists say 'we want to add our…
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